# Registration deadline for non-Scottish charities with 'significant presence'

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/11/17/registration-deadline-nonscottish-charities-039significant-presence039/
- Published: 2006-11-17T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Charity sector legal and governance trainer Sandy Adirondack reports that non-Scottish
charities with a “significant presence” in Scotland must register with the Office
of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) by 28 February 2007.
Sandy advises in her
latest emailed legal update that “a charity will need to register if it occupies
any land or premises in Scotland or is liable for business rates or council tax 
for a property in Scotland.”

In addition, “even if the charity does not occupy land or premises in Scotland, 
it must register with OSCR if it carries out activities in any office, shop or similar
premises in Scotland. This could include holding open meetings in Scotland, charging
for events held in Scotland, or holding meetings in Scotland on a regular basis.”

There are quite a few cases, however, where charities will not be required to register
with OSCR.

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Sandy’s Legal Update website gives the details together links to relevant guidance
on OSCR’s website.

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